Exam question 4 · Maps and scale
It is given that a four-figure grid reference is to be stated. Determine which coordinate is to be given precedence.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, state, determine · To what, where: It, figure grid reference, coordinate
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Maps and scale» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: It is given that a four-figure grid reference is to be stated.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 stated | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 reference | det |
| 6 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 figure | nummod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 four | punct |
| 8 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 reference | compound |
| 9 | grid | grid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 reference | compound |
| 10 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stated | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 stated | aux:pass |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 stated | mark |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 stated | aux:pass |
| 14 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | state speech: other | present · passive | a figure grid reference | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Determine which coordinate is to be given precedence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 coordinate | det |
| 3 | coordinate | coordinate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 given | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 given | aux |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 given | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 given | aux:pass |
| 7 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Determine | ccomp |
| 8 | precedence | precedence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 given | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give | present · passive | which coordinate | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient precedence=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The easting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 easting | det |
| 2 | easting | easting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The northing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 northing | det |
| 2 | northing | northing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The altitude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 altitude | det |
| 2 | altitude | altitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The greater of the two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 greater | det |
| 2 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 two | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 two | det |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 greater | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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